OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Tweet - "The new Georgia voting law isn't new it all. It emerges from a playbook that's over 120 years old, going back to Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era in the South. And like Jim Crow, it is a deliberate effort to suppress voters, particularly voters of color."

Social Media

Date: April 14, 2021
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Elections

"The new Georgia voting law isn't new it all. It emerges from a playbook that's over 120 years old, going back to Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era in the South. And like Jim Crow, it is a deliberate effort to suppress voters, particularly voters of color."

"The question now is what are we going to do about it? We can start by passing the #ForThePeople Act. And then we can pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore the Voting Rights Act & combat discriminatory voter suppression laws. We can & must fight back."

@SenatorDurbin


Source
arrow_upward